Downtown bar tries to move past controversy Posted 1/29/2012 in Business | A downtown Columbus bar steeped in controversy opened its doors Friday afternoon after being closed for almost a year. The Elbow Room at 418 Second Ave. N. was the scene of a double homicide in 2011.
TVA Generation Partners site wins national award Posted 1/28/2012 in Business | STARKVILLE -- A Mississippi regional landfill participating in the Tennessee Valley Authority's Generation Partners renewable power program has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the nation's top renewable generation projects.
Sara Lee to close plant in Shannon Posted 1/27/2012 in Business | SHANNON -- Sara Lee says it will close a plant in Shannon, Miss., by the end of March putting 155 people out of work.
Report: Taxpayers still owed $133B from bailout Posted 1/26/2012 in Business | WASHINGTON -- Companies that were bailed out during the financial crisis still owe U.S. taxpayers nearly $133 billion. Treasury's plans to recoup that money have been slowed by the volatile stock market and weakness among smaller banks.
Some of the money will never be recovered.
Calisolar presses forward with plans in Golden Triangle Posted 1/26/2012 in Business | California-based Calisolar is expected to begin construction in May on a new silicon plant at the GTR Global Industrial Aerospace Park. And employee layoffs in Sunnyvale, Calif., will not affect the company's plans to build near the Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Calisolar CEO Terry Jester said Wednesday.
New dealer selling Chrysler; former dealer charging rent Posted 1/25/2012 in Business | The general manager of Columbus' new and only Chrysler dealership is glad to add the last line of the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram family to the business. The owner of Columbus' former Chrysler dealership said he is doing well without the line but is still charging the automaker rent for the sign on his property.
Clay excited to be a part of regional recruitment efforts Posted 1/24/2012 in Business | The addition of West Point and Clay County to the Columbus-Lowndes Development Link came with an enthusiastic reception. The Link board unanimously approved expanding its reach at Friday's regular quarterly meeting.
CVB board hears $46,000 worth of grant requests Posted 1/24/2012 in Business | Brother, can you spare a whole bunch of dimes? Organizers of festival grants appealed to the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board of directors Monday for festival grant money to help their events.
GTRA flies through FAA inspection Posted 1/21/2012 in Business | The Golden Triangle Regional Airport authority got good news Friday about the airport's safety rating.
Authority executive director Mike Hainsey said last week's inspection yielded no discrepancies -- the third consecutive year the airport has gone unblemished through the process.
Link finances meet first-quarter target Posted 1/20/2012 in Business | The Columbus-Lowndes Development Link posted first-quarter figures that show the economic development agency is on target for income.
Southerland promoted Posted 1/19/2012 in Business | BankPlus announced that Ann Southerland was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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